She may be an "All-Black", but a baby's links to rugby stardom are no help in paying an unexpected bill of more than $12k for her health care.

The Health and Disability Commissioner has suggested that access to publicly-funded health services depends on where patients live.

Higher tobacco taxes are a first step to reducing numbers of smokers. Martin Johnston looks at what else could be on the cards.

The maker of the flu vaccine now implicated in a rash of child sickness across Australia has ruled out a "bad batch" is involved.

A toddler who died in her Australian home a day after having a flu vaccine is a part-Maori girl whose father grew up in Tokoroa.